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Protection of Civilians Weekly Report U N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S OCHA Weekly Report: 5 – 11 September 2007 | 1 € OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS P.O. Box 38712, East Jerusalem, Phone: (+972) 2-582 9962 / 582 5853, Fax: (+972) 2-582 5841 [email protected], www.ochaopt.org Protection of Civilians Weekly Report 5 – 11 September 2007 Of note this week Gaza Strip: • The IDF killed 11 Palestinians (including one child) and injured 18 others (including two children). • 61 Palestinians were injured in incidents of internal conflict. • 13 Qassam rockets and 38 mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. One rocket and five mortars exploded in the Palestinian area. On 11 September, Islamic Jihad and the Palestinian Resistance Committees (PRC) claimed responsibility for firing two Qassams from east of Sheikh Zayed City towards Israel; as a result, and according to Israeli media, 69 IDF soldiers sustained injuries when one Qassam rocket hit an IDF training base near Kibbutz Zikkim. West Bank: • The IDF injured 23 Palestinians, including 13 children. One of the children was injured by plastic-coated metal bullets during clashes between the IDF and Palestinian stone- throwers and died of his injuries four days later. Three IDF soldiers and six Israeli policemen were also injured in Nablus and Jerusalem, respectively. • Three Palestinian boys (aged 12, 13, and 16 years) were physically assaulted and injured by Israeli settlers in the H2 area of Hebron City. • 8 September: All PA institutions in the northern West Bank, except for the education and health sectors, closed their doors for one hour in protest against Hamas actions in the Gaza Strip. • 9 September: Palestinian security forces injured three students and two journalists and arrested at least seven others after the security forces prevented the Hebron University’s student council from holding a press conference outside the University to protest the lack of student loans and an expected tuition hike. • Following the Israeli High Court of Justice ruling on 4 September stipulating that parts of the Barrier route in Bil’in village be redrawn, partially dismantled, and rebuilt, demonstrations continued in protest against the Barrier construction in the village. • 11 September: The Israeli DCL in Hebron Governorate informed the Palestinian Ministry of Al Awqaf of its intention to prevent the access of Muslims to the Ibrahimi Mosque on 13, 14, 19, and 22 September and on 1 October. The mosque will be open to Jewish settlers celebrating Jewish holidays. 1 Palestinian and Israeli conflict related casualties: 100 50 0 Injuries Deaths Children Women Palestinians 44 12 2 - Israelis 78 0 - - Internationals 00- - 1 Excluding Palestinian-Palestinian internal violence and other ‘indirect’ conflict related incidents reported in Section 2. OCHA Weekly Report: 5 – 11 September 2007 | 2 1. Physical Protection – conflict related casualties Gaza Strip: • 06 September: In two separate incidents, three armed Palestinians (Hamas members; aged 21, 24, and 30 years) were killed and another nine were injured during an IDF ground operation in Al Qarrara area east of Khan Younis (Khan Younis). • 06 September: Six Palestinians (members of Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades; aged 21, 22, 23(3), and 24 years) were killed during an exchange of fire with IDF soldiers inside one of IDF’s military bases that was attacked by armed Palestinians east of Al Maghazi Camp (Central Gaza). • 06 September: A 22-year-old armed Palestinian (Hamas member) was killed and another four Palestinians were injured during an IDF military operation east of Khan Younis (Khan Younis). • 08 September: A 16-year-old boy was shot dead by IDF soldiers situated south of Karni reportedly because he was present in a restricted IDF area (Gaza). • 11 September: 69 IDF soldiers were injured when a Qassam rocket fired from east of Sheikh Zayed city in Beit Lahiya hit their military base near Kibbutz Zikkim. • 11 September: Five Palestinians, including two children aged 7 and 13 years, were injured when a surface-to-surface missile fired by the IDF hit their house east of Beit Lahiya (Gaza North). Other incidents (not involving casualties/damage): • 05 September: Ten IDF armored vehicles entered about 200 meters into the Palestinian area southeast of Beit Hanoun (Al Farratta area). Palestinian armed men fired two anti- tank missiles at IDF soldiers who responded with heavy shooting. No injuries were reported. IDF soldiers withdrew six hours later (North Gaza). • 08 September: An exchange of fire that lasted ten minutes erupted between IDF soldiers and armed Palestinians (affiliated with Islamic Jihad) east of Jabaliya. No injuries were reported (North Gaza). West Bank: • 5 September: Three IDF soldiers were injured in Nablus City during a search campaign when an explosive device exploded near their group (Nablus). • 5 September: A 32-year-old Palestinian was physically assaulted and injured at the eastern (DCO) entrance to Qalqiliya City (Qalqiliya). • 6 September: Two Palestinians (aged 15 and 16 years) were injured in ‘Azzun village by rubber-coated metal bullets during clashes between IDF soldiers and Palestinian stone-throwers (Qalqiliya). • 6 September: Two Palestinians (aged 14 and 15 years) were injured in Jenin City by plastic-coated metal bullets during clashes between IDF soldiers and Palestinian stone- throwers (Jenin). • 7 September: Two Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets when the IDF opened fire at Palestinian, international and Israeli activists demonstrating against the Barrier constructed in Bil’in village. Several cases of tear gas inhalation were reported (Ramallah). • 8 September: Palestinians threw stones at the Israeli Police in Jabal Al Mukabir neighbourhood and the Israeli Police responded by firing tear gas canisters. Six policemen were reportedly injured as a result (Jerusalem). • 8 September: A 30-year-old Palestinian was physically assaulted and injured by the IDF in Nablus City during a search and arrest campaign (Nablus). • 9 September: A 20-year-old Palestinian man was injured in ’Azzun village by shrapnel during clashes between IDF soldiers and Palestinian stone-throwers (Qalqiliya). • 9 September: A 28-year-old Palestinian was physically assaulted and injured by IDF soldiers at Huwwara checkpoint (Nablus). • 10 September: A 14-year-old Palestinian boy died of injuries sustained on 6 September during clashes between IDF soldiers and Palestinian stone-throwers in Jenin City (Jenin). • 10 September: A 38-year-old Palestinian man was injured in Camp No.1 by live ammunition when an IDF undercover unit opened fire at the man and arrested him (Nablus). • 10 September: Three Palestinian boys (aged 12, 13 and 16 years) were injured when a group of four settlers from the settlement of Abraham Avino, located in the H2 area of Hebron City, beat them after they found them swimming in Abraham’s spring (Hebron). OCHA Weekly Report: 5 – 11 September 2007 | 3 • 10 September: A 35-year-old Palestinian man from the town of Taffuh was physically assaulted and injured by IDF soldiers during a military operation in the town (Hebron). • 11 September: A Palestinian woman (aged 22 years) was injured by live ammunition and a man (aged 70 years) was physically assaulted and injured in Camp No.1 during a military operation in the camp (Nablus). • 11 September: Nine Palestinian boys were injured in Jenin Camp: six (aged 14(2) and 15(4) years) were injured by plastic-coated metal bullets; two (both aged 16 years) were injured by live ammunition; and one (aged 13 years) was injured by shrapnel when the IDF opened fire at Palestinian stone throwers during a military operation in the camp (Jenin). 2. Physical Protection - other incidents involving casualties2 Gaza Strip: • 05 September: Eight Palestinians were injured by the ESF after ESF members were stoned while attempting to arrest a Fatah member (Rafah). • 06 September: Two Palestinians were injured when a group of ESF members was trying to remove vendors’ stalls from streets east of the Shuija’iya area in Gaza City (Gaza). • 06 September: A Palestinian man (unknown age; Hamas member) died of wounds sustained during armed clashes between the ESF and Zou’rob family on 28 August (Khan Younis). • 08 September: A 23-year-old Palestinian man was killed when a tunnel collapsed east of Jabaliya (Gaza North). • 07 September: A Palestinian man (unknown age) was found killed in the area of the former Israeli settlement of Netzarim (Gaza). • 09 September: An 18-year-old Palestinian man was injured while tampering with an explosive device east of Deir El Balah (Central Gaza). • 09 September: A 28-year-old Palestinian man was shot and injured by the ESF during a dispute between the force and a local family in Khan Younis (Khan Younis). • 09 September: 40 Hamas members surrounded Bloc “J”, conducted a house-search operation, beat eight Fatah members (including two women), and arrested six others (Rafah). • 11 September: An unidentified male corpse was found in the former Netzarim settlement and transferred to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City (Gaza). Other incidents (not involving casualties): • 05 September: An internal explosion took place at a Hamas military training camp in Rafah, apparently due to a bomb-making exercise. No injuries were reported (Rafah). • 06 September: 200 women organised a sit-in at Al-Aqsa governmental hospital to protest the medical staff strike (Rafah). • 06 September: The ESF stormed Al Hadath press office in Al Bureij Camp and confiscated the offices’ computers and documents (Central Gaza). • 06 September: A new Hamas-affiliated director was appointed as the head of Al Najjar governmental hospital in Rafah (Rafah). • 06 September: About 30,000 Hamas members demonstrated in Gaza City in support of the Hamas Prime Minister’s decision to prevent Fatah members from holding outdoor prayers (Gaza).
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